Introduction: "Here, in a word, - and it is a rare instance in my life, - I had met with a person thoroughly adapted to the situation which he held." Intro, pg. 24
I have found in my experience that many of the people I face are un happy and/or unsatisfied with their life, and Job. It is impressive that find someone so fitting in their position in the world.
"But the object that most drew my attention, in the mysterious package, was a certain affair of fine red cloth, much worn and faded....It had been wrought, as was easy to perceive, with wonderful skill of needlework....This rag of scarlet cloth,…” Intro, pg. 30
This forth comes to annouce the beggining of the book and tells of why and how the author got the idea to write the book and call it the Scarlet Letter.
“....It seemed to me then, that I experienced a sensation not altogether physical, yet almost so, as of a burning heat; and as if the letter were not of red cloth, but red-hot iron.” Intro, pg. 31
When writing the book the author assumed that the scarlet letter was for some sort of punishment instead of a decrative symbol.
Chapter 1: The Prison Door: The first chapter, titled “The Prison Door”, is related to what the scarlet letter symbolizes. A prison door is a very predominate fixture that labels the person behind it, just as the scarlet letter labels Hester. Each is alike in that you know that the person behind it has committed a considered wrong. The scarlet letter is Hester’s stigma, presented in such a way as to advertise this. Prison doors also shelter the secrets of its inmates behind them. Hester’s secret is held behind the darkness of the scarlet letter. Chapter 2: The Market Place:
Lindsay Lohan-Rumors Saturday steppin' into the club
The music makes me wanna tell the DJ
Turn It Up
I feel the energy all around
And my body can't stop moving to the sound
But I can tell that you're watching me And you're probably gonna write what you didn't see Well I just need a little space to breathe
Can you please respect my privacy
[Bridge:] Why can't you just let me
Do the things I wanna do
I just wanna be me
I don't understand why
Would you wanna bring me down I'm only having fun
I'm gonna live my life
(but not the way you want me to)
[Chorus:] I'm tired of rumors starting
I'm sick of being followed
I'm tired of people lying
Saying what they want about me
Why can't they back up off me
Why can't they let me live
I'm gonna do it my way
Take this for just what it is
Here we are back up in the club
People taking pictures
Don't you think they get enough
I just wanna be all over the floor
And throw my hands up in the air to a beat like (What?)
I've gotta say respectfully
I would like it if you take the cameras off of me 'Cause I just want a little room to breathe
Can you please respect my privacy
[Bridge:] Why can't you just let me
Do the things I wanna do
I just wanna be me
I don't understand why
Would you wanna bring me down I'm only having fun I'm gonna live my life
But not the way you want me to
[Chorus:] I'm tired of rumors starting
I'm sick of being followed
I'm tired of people lying
Saying what they want about me
Why can't they back up off me
Why can't they let me live
I'm gonna do it my way
Take this for just what it is
I just need to free my mind (my mind)
Just wanna dance and have a good time (good time)
I'm tired of rumors (rumors)
Followed (followed, followed, followed, followed, followed)
What they (follow) me
Why can't they (they they they-they-they) let me live
Take this for just what it is
[Chorus:] I'm tired of rumors starting
I'm sick of being followed
I'm tired of people lying
Saying what they want about me
Why can't they back up off me
Why can't they let me live
I'm gonna do it my way
Take this for just what it is
I'm tired of rumors starting
I'm sick of being followed
I'm tired of people lying
Saying what they want about me
Why can't they back up off me
why can't they let me live
I'm gonna do it my way
Take this for just what it is These lyrics portray the character as being offended by people talking about her, but when Hester walked through the town she heard the girls talking about her and kept her head held high. She seems to be very independent throughout the novel, and she doesn’t seem to care that other women are gossiping about her. Chapter 3: The Recognition:
The title of this chapter was at first looked upon to describe the recognition of Hester’s own misfortune and disappointment in herself. At the end of chapter 2 it appeared that she was just coming to the realization that she was the object of observation and that her shame was a reality.
As the chapter progresses we see that Hester also comes to recognize a face toward the back of the crowd. She begins to block out everything around her in the face of a man whom she has some connection with unknown to the reader. He as well after a moment recognizes the figure on the scaffold which he signals then turns his attention else where.
As it is Hester seems to recognize that she is utterly alone in her punishment and thoughts of younger days present themselves in her wandering mind atop the scaffold. This recognition of loneliness is taken as a sign that Hester is still quite human in spite of her appearance of homeliness atop the scaffold. Chapter 6: Pearl
Pearl is one of the most misunderstood characters in the novel because the townspeople see Pearl as representing something evil and indicating God’s punishment for Hestor’s sin. During the novel Pearl almost comes across as a witch baby to the townspeople. Chapter 7: The Governor's Hall “Thou must gather thine own sunshine. I have none to give thee!” - The words of Hester to Pearl resound in our minds as a more of a warning in the face of danger and Hester’s fear than the words of a mother protecting her child. It could be concluded that Hester is fearful of more than just losing Pearl. We must be aware that for the past few years she has been ridiculed and isolated from the rest of the town. Each trip with pearl puts stress on Hester because of the rumors surrounding the her and her Pearl. If we consider her as clinically depressed then it is also easy to say that Pearls happiness brings Hester pain. The few moments of happiness Pearl brings Hester are never in the face of the public eye, for whenever viewed in the eyes of a bystander Hester believes that pearls actions might be cause to take Pearl from her. Chapter 8: The Elf-Child and the Minister Hester fights for her child. She feels that Pearl is her “happiness”, Pearl “keeps [her] here in life” proving that Hester is committed to her daughter (Hawthorne 63). One argument for saying that Hester is an unfit mother is the fact that she is a single mother. But Hester provides for them both by her talents with a needle. Hester houses, feeds, clothes, and provides a childhood for her daughter. So claiming that Hester is an unfit mother is not a true statement. Chapter 9-10: The Leech-The Leech ansd his Patient Mean Girls http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YjSIvmNjT8
The characters in Mean Girls relate to Dimmsdale and Chillingworth’s relationship the same way Cady Heron (Lohan) relates to The Plastics or more directly Regina George (McAdams). Cady attaches herself to Regina in order to learn her secrets to destroy her socially. By Chillingworth “leeching” himself onto Dimmsdale to learn about Dimmsdale’s secrets and make his life miserable. Both relationships are about false intentions to destroy a target person. Cady and Chillingworth are the same character.
Disney Chicken Little Sky Falling
Chapter 11: The Interior of a Heart
“Ashton Kutcher cheats on his 15 year older wife!!” reads a headline from star magazine. Seems people never change… in the late 1600’s a small town in Massachusetts condemns a young woman of adultery and sentences her wear a scarlet lettered A. The people are taken aback by her sin, and unfaithfulness to her husband. Today a nation is horrified that someone of such high standing would be pulled down and commit an identical sin. However in today’s world his sin evokes no punishment from the public except their harsh looks and unspoken words. Times change but, people are slow to follow. Chapter 13: Another View of Hester
This painting represents the changes of society and also Hester’s personal changes. Society is represented in the mountains; strong and unforgiving but then soft over time. Hester is the river who carves into the mountains as though they are soft. Society has changed their view on Hester as less of a symbol of sin. The mountain still stands but it is changed slightly over the course of time. Hester is still the river by the way that a river has different currents. Water is soft at points but as the river grows and rages, water becomes hard and rough, not resembling what lied downstream. Hester becomes a harder person as time goes by just as the river grows harsher as it goes by. Chapter 18: A Flood of Sunshine Dimmesdale kept denying his sins for so long it caused him so much turmoil and pain that he became physically ill. In chapter seventeen he learns to accept that he has sinned, at least in front of Hester and Pearl. This helps release the tension and anguish and allows him to be happy. Even more so after Hester explains her connection with Chillingworth and all he has done. Dimmesdale finds the truest sinner in Chillingworth which gives him comfort in his sins. In this way he is able to free himself from the clutches of Chillingworth, and feeling some sunlight after so many years of darkness. By the author letting the reader know Dimmesdale as a person instead of a supporting character allows the reader to know Dimmesdale. Thus the reader can know him by his first name, a name in these times reserved for the friends and family of the person. Final explanations:
By Hester having a daughter instead of a son allowed the author to play up the role of the temptress. Pearl to the townspeople is thought to be an evil symbol of sin. If Pearl had been a boy he could assimilate into the puritan town easier and quicker than a girl would. Women at this stage in history have a lower social standing than the men. Women are thought to be clever temptresses, just as Pearl is a clever child that is mistaken to come from the devil. A son would not have the prejudices of his mother in such an extreme way.
So which character committed the greatest sin? The scarlet letter offers no clues as to who the author believes is has committed the greatest sin. The book merely tells the sins of each character and then the feelings and emotions suffered afterward. I believe that no one character has committed a sin greater than that of another for in the eyes of God all sin is equal. To use the Lords name in vain amounts to the same punishment as that of adultery. In many ways each character receives equal punishment for their sins in time.
The Scarlet Letter
By: Jess Anderson, Brittany Arrowood, Josh Justice
Introduction:
"Here, in a word, - and it is a rare instance in my life, - I had met with a person thoroughly adapted to the situation which he held." Intro, pg. 24
I have found in my experience that many of the people I face are un happy and/or unsatisfied with their life, and Job. It is impressive that find someone so fitting in their position in the world.
"But the object that most drew my attention, in the mysterious package, was a certain affair of fine red cloth, much worn and faded....It had been wrought, as was easy to perceive, with wonderful skill of needlework....This rag of scarlet cloth,…” Intro, pg. 30
This forth comes to annouce the beggining of the book and tells of why and how the author got the idea to write the book and call it the Scarlet Letter.
“....It seemed to me then, that I experienced a sensation not altogether physical, yet almost so, as of a burning heat; and as if the letter were not of red cloth, but red-hot iron.” Intro, pg. 31
When writing the book the author assumed that the scarlet letter was for some sort of punishment instead of a decrative symbol.
Chapter 1: The Prison Door:
The first chapter, titled “The Prison Door”, is related to what the scarlet letter symbolizes. A prison door is a very predominate fixture that labels the person behind it, just as the scarlet letter labels Hester. Each is alike in that you know that the person behind it has committed a considered wrong. The scarlet letter is Hester’s stigma, presented in such a way as to advertise this. Prison doors also shelter the secrets of its inmates behind them. Hester’s secret is held behind the darkness of the scarlet letter.
Chapter 2: The Market Place:
Lindsay Lohan-Rumors
Saturday steppin' into the club
The music makes me wanna tell the DJ
Turn It Up
I feel the energy all around
And my body can't stop moving to the sound
But I can tell that you're watching me
And you're probably gonna write what you didn't see
Well I just need a little space to breathe
Can you please respect my privacy
[Bridge:]
Why can't you just let me
Do the things I wanna do
I just wanna be me
I don't understand why
Would you wanna bring me down
I'm only having fun
I'm gonna live my life
(but not the way you want me to)
[Chorus:]
I'm tired of rumors starting
I'm sick of being followed
I'm tired of people lying
Saying what they want about me
Why can't they back up off me
Why can't they let me live
I'm gonna do it my way
Take this for just what it is
Here we are back up in the club
People taking pictures
Don't you think they get enough
I just wanna be all over the floor
And throw my hands up in the air to a beat like (What?)
I've gotta say respectfully
I would like it if you take the cameras off of me
'Cause I just want a little room to breathe
Can you please respect my privacy
[Bridge:]
Why can't you just let me
Do the things I wanna do
I just wanna be me
I don't understand why
Would you wanna bring me down
I'm only having fun
I'm gonna live my life
But not the way you want me to
[Chorus:]
I'm tired of rumors starting
I'm sick of being followed
I'm tired of people lying
Saying what they want about me
Why can't they back up off me
Why can't they let me live
I'm gonna do it my way
Take this for just what it is
I just need to free my mind (my mind)
Just wanna dance and have a good time (good time)
I'm tired of rumors (rumors)
Followed (followed, followed, followed, followed, followed)
What they (follow) me
Why can't they (they they they-they-they) let me live
Take this for just what it is
[Chorus:]
I'm tired of rumors starting
I'm sick of being followed
I'm tired of people lying
Saying what they want about me
Why can't they back up off me
Why can't they let me live
I'm gonna do it my way
Take this for just what it is
I'm tired of rumors starting
I'm sick of being followed
I'm tired of people lying
Saying what they want about me
Why can't they back up off me
why can't they let me live
I'm gonna do it my way
Take this for just what it is
These lyrics portray the character as being offended by people talking about her, but when Hester walked through the town she heard the girls talking about her and kept her head held high. She seems to be very independent throughout the novel, and she doesn’t seem to care that other women are gossiping about her.
Chapter 3: The Recognition:
The title of this chapter was at first looked upon to describe the recognition of Hester’s own misfortune and disappointment in herself. At the end of chapter 2 it appeared that she was just coming to the realization that she was the object of observation and that her shame was a reality.
As the chapter progresses we see that Hester also comes to recognize a face toward the back of the crowd. She begins to block out everything around her in the face of a man whom she has some connection with unknown to the reader. He as well after a moment recognizes the figure on the scaffold which he signals then turns his attention else where.
As it is Hester seems to recognize that she is utterly alone in her punishment and thoughts of younger days present themselves in her wandering mind atop the scaffold. This recognition of loneliness is taken as a sign that Hester is still quite human in spite of her appearance of homeliness atop the scaffold.
Chapter 6: Pearl
Pearl is one of the most misunderstood characters in the novel because the townspeople see Pearl as representing something evil and indicating God’s punishment for Hestor’s sin. During the novel Pearl almost comes across as a witch baby to the townspeople.
Chapter 7: The Governor's Hall
“Thou must gather thine own sunshine. I have none to give thee!” - The words of Hester to Pearl resound in our minds as a more of a warning in the face of danger and Hester’s fear than the words of a mother protecting her child. It could be concluded that Hester is fearful of more than just losing Pearl. We must be aware that for the past few years she has been ridiculed and isolated from the rest of the town. Each trip with pearl puts stress on Hester because of the rumors surrounding the her and her Pearl. If we consider her as clinically depressed then it is also easy to say that Pearls happiness brings Hester pain. The few moments of happiness Pearl brings Hester are never in the face of the public eye, for whenever viewed in the eyes of a bystander Hester believes that pearls actions might be cause to take Pearl from her.
Chapter 8: The Elf-Child and the Minister
Hester fights for her child. She feels that Pearl is her “happiness”, Pearl “keeps [her] here in life” proving that Hester is committed to her daughter (Hawthorne 63). One argument for saying that Hester is an unfit mother is the fact that she is a single mother. But Hester provides for them both by her talents with a needle. Hester houses, feeds, clothes, and provides a childhood for her daughter. So claiming that Hester is an unfit mother is not a true statement.
Chapter 9-10: The Leech-The Leech ansd his Patient
Mean Girls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YjSIvmNjT8
The characters in Mean Girls relate to Dimmsdale and Chillingworth’s relationship the same way Cady Heron (Lohan) relates to The Plastics or more directly Regina George (McAdams). Cady attaches herself to Regina in order to learn her secrets to destroy her socially. By Chillingworth “leeching” himself onto Dimmsdale to learn about Dimmsdale’s secrets and make his life miserable. Both relationships are about false intentions to destroy a target person. Cady and Chillingworth are the same character.
Chapter 11: The Interior of a Heart
“Ashton Kutcher cheats on his 15 year older wife!!” reads a headline from star magazine. Seems people never change… in the late 1600’s a small town in Massachusetts condemns a young woman of adultery and sentences her wear a scarlet lettered A. The people are taken aback by her sin, and unfaithfulness to her husband. Today a nation is horrified that someone of such high standing would be pulled down and commit an identical sin. However in today’s world his sin evokes no punishment from the public except their harsh looks and unspoken words. Times change but, people are slow to follow.
Chapter 13: Another View of Hester
This painting represents the changes of society and also Hester’s personal changes. Society is represented in the mountains; strong and unforgiving but then soft over time. Hester is the river who carves into the mountains as though they are soft. Society has changed their view on Hester as less of a symbol of sin. The mountain still stands but it is changed slightly over the course of time. Hester is still the river by the way that a river has different currents. Water is soft at points but as the river grows and rages, water becomes hard and rough, not resembling what lied downstream. Hester becomes a harder person as time goes by just as the river grows harsher as it goes by.
Chapter 18: A Flood of Sunshine
Dimmesdale kept denying his sins for so long it caused him so much turmoil and pain that he became physically ill. In chapter seventeen he learns to accept that he has sinned, at least in front of Hester and Pearl. This helps release the tension and anguish and allows him to be happy. Even more so after Hester explains her connection with Chillingworth and all he has done. Dimmesdale finds the truest sinner in Chillingworth which gives him comfort in his sins. In this way he is able to free himself from the clutches of Chillingworth, and feeling some sunlight after so many years of darkness. By the author letting the reader know Dimmesdale as a person instead of a supporting character allows the reader to know Dimmesdale. Thus the reader can know him by his first name, a name in these times reserved for the friends and family of the person.
Final explanations: